वसिष्ठ उवाच । अस्यां वाचितमात्रायां प्रबोधः संप्रवर्तते । बीजादिव सतो व्युप्तादवश्यंभावि सत्फलम् ॥ १ ॥
vasiṣṭha uvāca | asyāṁ vācitamātrāyāṁ prabōdhaḥ saṁpravartatē | bījādiva satō vyuptādavaśyaṁbhāvi satphalam || 1 ||
- Another reading: वा चित्तमात्रायां (vā cittamātrāyāṁ) for वाचितमात्रायां
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: When this work is merely read, awakening comes about, as a good fruit is sure to come from a good seed that has been sown.
Word by word
- vasiṣṭha
- Vasiṣṭha
- uvāca
- said
- asyāṁ
- this
- vācita
- read
- mātrāyāṁ
- when merely
- prabōdhaḥ
- awakening
- saṁpravartatē
- comes about
- bījād
- from a seed
- iva
- as
- satō
- (sataḥ) good
- vyuptād
- that has been sown
- avaśyaṁbhāvi
- is sure to come
- sat
- a good
- phalam
- fruit
Meaning
The last sarga described the six parts; this one describes what the work does and how it should be taken. The commentary says Vasiṣṭha, describing the merits of the whole, now gives its main fruit: as a good seed sown at the right time in a ploughed and fertile field surely bears good fruit, so knowledge comes from taking this collection to heart. The seed does its work once it is in the ground. The teaching does its work once it is received.